Jayr POV - Underworld, Elysion - 1987

  Hades slowly moves closer to the urn and uhes his sword, then he raises it, and as a malevolent red o envelopes it, in an instant, I uand what he is about to do and on instinct, I rush forward as he swings his sword dout myself between Hades and the urn, while at the same time, I use the Dark Resurre, and yell "Stop it!!".

  And for an instant, I felt myself being cut in two half by Hades' dreadful sword while I hear Ikki shout my name in worry, but luckily the Sagittarius God Cloth soaked and endured most of the damage, and the Dark Resurre regeed my body from the wounds I received, but the force behind his attack is so much, that I clearly feel the urn behind me crag, and with my senses, I notice that a small linear crack appeared in the middle.

  Hades then points his sword at me and calmly says "Saint, if you truly love Athena cease your struggle... you not se? Ihat urn, Athena is writhing in pain, uo die even though her blood has been drained, I will mercifully end her suffering with my own hand... Now step aside!", and agaiacks, but this time, I'm ready for it, and g my hands together I catch his bde and stop his attad say "No way! I won't let you... Kill her...."

  Even so, the power behind Hades' attack is strong, and I'm struggling to hold him in pce, and the moment from his sword a bst of red es out that hits me with uing ford blows me away like a ragdoll, and as I feel my bones breaking and regeing, at the same time, Ikki attempt to attack Hades, but he too is easily sent flying by Hades' o, but he brought enough time for me to recover a up to face Hades again.

  Hades looks at me for a few seds then he says "How sad... You mortals... You are always flinging yourself into the most audacious acts, with nard for your human limitation, not satisfied with the world the Gods granted you, you reach out to corrupt the rest of the Universe... And challehe Gods themselves... Mortal are meant to fear and revere the Gods, when you fet that your pce is on your knees, you are not only heretical but pitiable".

  I look at him straight in the eyes and say "I admit that some of what you said is true, we mortals are always greedy for more and do not appreciate what we already have... But you as a God of such immense power also have your faults, you treedy for more than what your power has already granted you, and you want to annihite all life oh for it... Moreover, instead of guiding and leading us toward a better future for everyone, like Athena is trying to do, you just judge us from your ivory tower and enjoy tormenting the soul of the departed... Such a hypocritic God isn't worthy of being revered!".

  It seems that my words hit some nerves as I clearly feel the rage hidden in his voice as he says in an apparently calm tone as he raises his sword to attack "I will not ask you to move again! I'll split you in two along with Athena! Die!!", but just as he was about to attack, a mighty mixed es from behind me and hits Hades, f him to defend himself as he is assaulted by the bitack of Seiya, Shun, Hyoga, and Shiryu.

  And the moment, they arrive running, Shun runs toward Ikki who is already getting up, while Seiya, Hyoga, and Shiryu stand in front of me, and Seiya asks "Jayr-san! Are you okay?", I nod and say "Just some scratches and broken bohat are already healing..." then I look at Hades, who is strangely staying still in shock as if he is surprised that mortals were even able to hit him, and say "... Looks like Hades wasn't ready for a surprise attack!", and Ikki together with Shun moves closer and says "Yeah, this is our one ce, if we don't go for it, we're toast".

  We look at each other and nod as Seiya says "Let's go guys!", we all extend our fists forward at the same time, and start igniting and merging our os together as I yell "Time to unite our lives and os and strike at Hades!!", and as our os explodes at the same time, we all start to release our attad merge them.

  Seiya yells "bust!! Pegasus Ryuseiken!!" and a bright light blue o appears in front of him, followed by Shun "Elevate! Nebu !!", and his pink o joins, is Shiryu "For Justi Earth!! Rozan Shoryuha!!", and his emerald erges the other two, and soon after Hyoga yells "For our loved ones!! Diamond Dust!!", and his white o joins and the power of our attack is increasing expoially, then Ikki shouts "Our os are now merged into one!! Ho Yoku Ten Sho!!", and I gather all our os and direct them toward Hades and yell "Strike Hades down and tear him apart!! Tidal unch!!".

  Our attack bees a rainbow-like o bst that moves so fast that Hades barely has the time to put up his defenses before he is struck by it "Unh!!", but to my surprise, we were only able to push him back a few meters and make him stumble, as he looks at us with pure rage and says "Grr... Petty mortals... You bine all your strength, but you'll rike down a God like me...".

  Then he yells "Fools!!" and swings his sword letting out tless o sshes that hit us with such ford speed that not only send us crashing on the ground bleeding, but even the God Cloths are uo withstand his power and start crag u, but as I'm fag the ground, I hear the sound of something else breaking, then I hear Hades' surprised shout "Impossible! This ot be! How could they have injured me?".

  I look up and notice that our attack did indeed hurt him, his Surplice is also full of cracks, and Hades is now clearly bleeding, so seeing that, I get up again as I tio use the Dark Resurre to heal my wounds, and see Hades looking at me as he says "Argh!! And this one is trying to stand! Absurd! I've struck him again and again! A he still dares to stand against me...".

  Then Hades looks at Seiya on the ground who is also slowly trying to get up and with a fused expression he says "This ooo... But now that I look at him, this Pegasus seems vaguely familiar...", and as he realizes something, Hades excims "Aha! That's it! I'll never fet that face! He looks exactly like the only man who ever wounded my flesh ba the Age of Myths!! I believe that he too egasus Saint!!".

  He then ignores me and focuses all his rese on Seiya as he yells "You! Have you been reborn from the Age of Myths to wound me again? How dare you? I must bury you so that you ever be reborn!!", and fused and in pain, Seiya asks "What are you muttering? We'll bury you first, Hades!! Take this! Pegasus Suiseiken!!" and attacks Hades, who yells "Fool!! Have you not learhat mortal strength ot affect me?", and with a strong bst of o erupting from his body, he sends Seiya crashing on the ground.

  I was about to use this opening to attack him again, but with a simple gaze, he holds my body still with his o and Divine Will, and at the same time, stabs Seiya's hand pinning him to the ground and says "Be still, mortals, fil about all you like, but it's too te, let me show you the end of the world", then he pulls out his sword and raises it pointing at the sky, and the moment, on the sky of the Elysion the images of what is happening oh are shown, "Look upon the earth", I look up ahe image of the sun being blocked by the moon.

  Hades seems to enjoy the rea of Seya and the others as he decres in a prideful tohat's right! The moon has totally covered the sun's face!! The Greatest Eclipse is plete!! The nine ps shall never budge from their perfect alig!! Now the Earth will be a world of eternal darkness!!", then Hades prepares to swing down his sword as his o gathers in it to finish us off, and yells "Your st hope has beeinguished!! Now go meekly to your deaths!! It's an honor to be dealt death by Hades himself!! Die!!".

  But just as he is about to release his attack, the sword he was using is repelled by a translut barrier in the form of a sphere, and surprised Hades excims "What? My sword is repelled!! Some power is proteg the Saints!! Hmph!! What is this!?", and ihe barrier, I smile, as I feel the warm familiar o getting stronger, and as the barriers start floating away from Hades, I think 'Yes! She did it! The damaged urn 't hold her anymore!'.

  Hades is clearly fused about what is happening and says "All these obstinate Saints are enveloped in strange spheres!! No mortal could perform such a feat! The only one capable of this is... Athena!!", and as he realizes this, he looks at the urn and noticer that the crimson urn is turning back to its pristine white color, and at the same time, Saori's voice is heard "Jayr!! Seiya! Shiryu! Hyoga! Shun! Ikki! As long as you are encased in these spheres of life, Hades ot touch you! They will carry you safely to the mortal world, thank you for all you have aplished, now go home to the world of the living...".

  At this point, Hades realizes what is going on and yells "The blood is returning to Athena's body!! The urn is losing its bloody hue!! No! I won't let you revive!! I'll split you into two, urn and all!!", and swings down with his sword, but I'm ready for this, I pull out Athena God Cloth from my Territory and throw it at Saori yelling "Saori, your Cloth!!".

  And before Hades' attack could reach her, the urn explodes in a fsh of gold light, and from it, Saori appears donning her God Cloth in all her divine splendor, the armor is of a pletely golden toh purple and white details, its headpiece it is a helm that slightly reminds me of a romaurion, the shoulder pieces have a shape simir to the Andromeda Cloth's ones, but Athena Cloth's ones are yered, the chest piece covers the whole chest and is ected to the waist piece that is like a long skirt, and with two huge wings located on its back, it pletely covers the body of the Goddess and it is also equipped with the Aegis Shield on one hand and Nike iher.

  (Image Here - Athena Cloth)

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  [colpse]Hades looks at Saori and yells "Athena!!", but then realizes something and asks "Don't tell me you threw yourself at Hypnos a yourself be trapped to lure me out of my coffin in my own flesh!!", and Saori simply replies by saying "Hades, our battle has persisted sihe Age of Myths, let's end it now", totally enrage by the fact that he pying right in her hand, Hades yells "Grrrr... Insolence!!" and attacks Saori, but she is able to block his attack with the Aegis Shield, but even so, the power behind this csh is s that the whole space-time tinuum around them start to tremble and crack.

  While his sword is still g with Saori's shield, Hades asks "Athena, you are a Goddess, why do you defend the mortals? Why do you keep interfering whery to pass judgment upon those foolish humans?", hearing his question, Saori pushes him back with her shield and denies his cims "You are wrong, humans are not as foolish as you think!".

  But Hades ignores shakes his head and says "Of course they are! Foolish aructive! If left to their own devices, there is no telling how much damage they'll do! That's why they must be taught that if they do evil, they'll suffer for all eternity when they die!! It's only because I gave them the fear of the Underworld that their little world has mao survive this long!".

  Saain denies his cims and with strong resolve in her eyes, she says "What arrogance, Hades... Could any human live a perfect life? Pass through the world without crushing a single i or plug a single blossom? Humans are not Gods, and even the most virtuous mortal will it some sin, that is what it means to live, it ot be helped... But I believe that such sins should be absolved after death, good and evil humans alike, and everything else that has life, should be alloeaceful slumber... To bestow eternal suffering for sins itted in life, is a mistake, Hades!".

  Even more enraged, Hades yells "Silence!!" before attag Saori with such force that even if she used the Aegis Shield to block it, she was still sent crashing to the ground, then Hades points his sword at her as she is still on the ground and says "Athena... Our views are irrecible, a further discussion seems pointless... Now die for the mortal you love so much...".

  Meanwhile, seeing Saori on the ground bleeding, makes something snap inside me, and in fury, I yell "Saori!! Nooo!!", and break free from the barrier and blindly rush at Hades, I feel my o exploding with even more ford power than when I bined my o with Seiya and the others, and on pure instinct, I use the attack I'm most familiar with and attack Hades but on a level, I have hought possible.

  My fists start shining and a clear orb of golden water-like o gather around them, I yell "Divine Maelstrom Punch!!", and faster than the speed of light I hit Hades with a quick series of punches all over his body, taking him by surprise, Hades receives my teique head on and soon an infinite number of deyed impacts be seen happening all over Hades' body, at the same time, Hades starts to bounce around in mid-air tless times, moreover the power of the shockwaves and impact gets stronger each passing moment and soon I see that Hades' Surplice is breaking apart and that he throws up a mouthful of blood over the ever-increasing damage.

  Then after a few seds of boung around like a crazy flipper ball, Hades crashes on the n of his crypt with such force that he makes it colpse and then crashes on the ground geing a huge crater, and I see him again spit a lot of blood.

  Then clearly in pain he says "Gah!! Ugh... It ot be... I 't believe... A mortal... Could cause me such pain...", at the same time, I hear the shouts of joy of the others, before they abruptly stop and I hear Saori scream my name "Jayr!!".

  All of the sudden, I feel a sharp pain in my chest, and quickly notice that I have Hades' sword impaled in my chest slightly on the left, clearly aimed at my heart, I try to use my o to start the Dark Resurre ahis wound, but soon I find out that I 't use my o and realize what is going on by remembering what I once read on the wiki 'Shit! It's Hades' Divine Curse used through his sword and his lingering hate that inflicts a spiritual wound, shaped like his sword, that blocks the lifeford power of his enemy, induces a a, aually causes death through the sword slowly moving into the body of the victim... Moreover, those killed by this curse ever reinate again, forced to wander outside the Cycle of Reination, in the World of Emptiness....'.

  And soon I fall powerlessly on the ground and find myself in Saori's embrace, and as my vision starts to darken and I lose the feeling of my body, I hear Saori yell "Jayr!! Hang in there, Jayr! Your sisters and Seika are waiting for you! Don't die! You 't die!! You must stay alive for those who love you! Please, Jayr!!", but soon I feel the sword being pulled out of my body, but even so, I still feel the presence of the sword's edge in still my body, and hear Hades' voice "Heh... It seems the foolishness of mortals has rubbed off on you, Athena".

  And I Saently ying my body on the floor and as I feel her tears falling on my face, then I 't feel anything anymore, but I use all my remaining willpower and force to try to take something out from my Territory, and luckily it seems that the gift of the cepts 't be blocked by Hades' Divine Curse, and using everything I to keep going, I focus and open a hole directly inside my mouth, making me drink my st hope to e out of this desperate situation.

  Saori POV - Underworld, Elysion - 1987

  I y Jayr's body on the ground and focus on Hades's hateful but heavily wounded figure, at the same time, I feel Jayr's o growing weaker and weaker and I feel his life slipping away something that truly breaks my heart, meanwhile, Hades tinues his monologue as his sword slowly returns ba "You've squandered your only opportunity to strike me a fatal blow... Wasted the infinitesimally small ce that Sagittarius sacrificed his life to give you... With your emotional blubbering".

  Hades then grabs his sword and pointing it at me, he says "So Sagittarius died in vain, what a mate fool, leaping bato the fray to be sughtered", his word further enrage me, but I force myself to be calm and with tears falling on my face from my eyes, I ask "Hades, do you even know what love is?", seeing him fused by my question I tio the gods, human life surely seems wretched and piteous... But, they know what love is... For that love, humans bee kihan any other creature! And they beore powerful than anything!! Even if you are a God, if you do not have love, you have nht to judge humans!!".

  My words enrage Hades even further, so much that I feel all his Divine Will and o foe as he rushes at me and yells "Is that all you have left to say? Theh the knowledge that love has no value or power!!", but before he could get even closer, Seiya and the others break out from the Spheres of Life aogether, "Stay away from Athena!!", at the same time, their os bine once more with even more force than before and start to push him back, preventing him from moving further and attack me.

  Stunned by what is happening, Hades excims in shock "What!? Their os!! Unbelievable!! Their spent aiheir power and are now pushing me back!! It's even strohan mine!!", meanwhile, I raise Nike, which starts gathering my and everyone else os and lights up in a golden light, and yell "Hades this is love! The mystical power that humans possess! It es from the very source of their life, their hearts!!".

  All of the sudden, a pair of arms s around my waist, and I clearly feel the familiar and f heat ing from the body behind me, and the o that was so weak that seemed about to die off, springs back to life with even more force than before, it joins the other into p Nike, and with a small smile on my face, I look at the stunned expression on Hades' fad say "The power of love ot be defeated by anyone or anything!!, then I twirl Nike and throw it at Hades.

  The thrown ransforms into a nce of pure golden light that moves faster than the speed of light and quickly pierces Hades' bht in his chest, before turning bato its staff form, and the moment, I see Hades' eyes open wide in shod pain as he mutters "Impossible... How could this be? It's absurd... That I, who trol death... I who am a God... Could be defeated in my own domain... It's beyond belief... Beyond...".

  Then Hades lets go of his swords, which fall on the ground and start to disie, and soon Hades' body starts to disie too, and he says "But if I fall, the Underworld I created will disappear along with me... Underworld, Elysion, all of it... Athen you and the Saints will be swept away in my realm's destru... And shall perish too... Do you see? There is no perfect victory for mortals...".

  And now Hades' body is no more, and Nike falls on the ground, but his voice still persists for a few more moments, as the realm around us starts crumbling "Athena... You're a Goddess... And one day you must finally realize... that love is a meaningless fancy thing ied by humans... A fantasy, thin as air, that no one really believes... No one... No...", then all is left is silend the sounds of the Temple of Hades crumbling, while the whole Elysion shakes.

  But soon, Seiya and the rest, notice Jayr's presence behind me and yell "Jayr-san!! You're fine!?", while Hyoga asks "How could you survive that?", I turn around and look at him, and relieved to find out that he is truly fine, only the damage on the Sagittarius Cloth tell what he went through, and with a small smile he expins "Yes, that was very close... I almost died there... Luckily, I repared for something like that to happen... You see Hades' Divine Curse is one of the stro curses in this world... And there is only ohing that remove that Curse, and it only be taken soon after you're hit by the curse, if too much time passes even that 't save you".

  I realize what he is talking about, and at the same time Shiryu asks "What is it?", and Jayr looks at me and as he holds my hand he says "Of course, Athena's blood has the power to remove any curse...", I nod at that, but telepathically I say to Jayr 'That is normally true... But Hades' Curse this time was full of his malid Divine Will, it was to for my blood te it!', and soon Jayr's reply almost makes me blush, but I admit that I have hought of that, 'Your normal blood yes... But the one I use isn't normal... It is your virgin blood... the one you bleed on our first night together... I keep it, in case some of the cultivation crap I read could actually have some reasons... And it's true, that blood truly saved my life...', hearing that I do not know if I should kick him for keeping something like that, or be grateful that he did so.

  Hearing that, I let out a smile but before I could say anything else, I feel the Elysion shaking even more, and knowing that we 't stay here any longer or we will truly be destroyed together with Hades' realm, I say while still unsciously holding Jayr's hand "Let's go back... All of us to a world of light!", and so we start to move to get out of this crumbling realm.

  Jayr POV - Japan, Kido Mansion - 1987

  A feassed sihe end of the Holy War with Hades, and the Sanctuary under Saga's guide, returo normality, some of the Saints returo their duties in the various training grounds, while others were allowed to rest and spend their time with their families and friend, but must report from time to time to the raining ground.

  Everyone is enjoying this period of peace, and I'm moving toward the Saori's mansion with a skip in my steps, more nervous aed than I ever felt before, for a very simple reasoerday, Saori told me that she and Seika anized a surprise for me, and that only meahing, 'For the first time, in my two lives I'm finally gonna have a threesome!'.

  And so, I quickly reach my destination, and in front of the mansion's door, I see a beautifully dressed Seika and Saori waiting for me, I quickly run up to them and say "Good evening, my fair dies, you are truly stunning today...", and they both greet me back with a kiss on my cheek, and then Saori with a small smile says "Since we almost lost you a few days ago, Seika and I decided to prepare something special for you...", and Seika follow by saying "We promise it will be something unfettable...".

  Seeing them both I loudly gulp before nodding, and with a smile, they both lead me toward the garden in the dire of the parium, while Saori expins "I decide to use a special pce for such a special occasion...", and after a few minutes of walking, we are finally in front of the door parium, and Saori quickly kiss me on the mouth and soon Seika does the same, then Saori moves o the door and says "I did this uhe suggestion of someone, and I thought that he was right...".

  Hearing that I think, 'Whoever was that, is worthy of all my thanks and gratitude...', but then a familiar voi my mind says 'You're wele!', and instinctively a cold shiver runs up my spine, but before I could realize what is going on, Seika and Saorive opens the door and from the parium, a familiar musi be heard, and I only think, 'No... No... NO!', then a familiar deep voice sings "?We're ners to love\You know the rules and so do I (do I)\A full itment's what I'm thinking of\You wouldn't get this from any uy\I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling\Gotta make you uand?", and ihe parium, I see his figure, Rick Astley, as he sings his iig with youthful vigor.

  And as he starts singing the chorus, "?Never gonna give you up\Never gon you down\Never gonna run around a you\Never gonna make you ever gonna say goodbye\Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you?", I agaihe same voice say 'It's a funny ce... Yirls wao punish you for being so reckless with your life... and this song just came out this year in this world... So I decided to give them a little hint... I'm angry with you too, after all, if you die I lose this petition, and I've grown tired of losing! So take this Rickroll... The first in your universe! Be proud you are making history here!!'.

  And as the song tinues while the girls look at me with an amused smile on their faces, I let out a silent scream in my mind 'CULTURE!!', at the same time, I almost feel manly tears of blood falling from my eyes.

  Title - Rick Rolled

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